Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01

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lsa cabins, With either arsplaess o. R1s-
ran furnsess baii3 Of stone. Al the
h0useS have good wfndsgs, tsosf %
wbtch , Iona 10 the Steamer New Rsck-
e. and kin6ly loaued % TIE miners b.
Hsrper a Co. Everybody 70 snpplisd
witk the noesEazEies Of life 70 lass them
through the water. SONS Of than gill
b shegt - saaFs oat with In the sprinR
fa1ouG them year hambis seFvaut).
and vii have 10 do sorne sharp FastlinR
70 aet through 30 the middle Of J1iv.
whsn re expect the frst steamer. We
nays had oar nfns days woEsdsr IN
camp lately. and 80 It c0aseFns Seattle
parties ! vii give yen tbs particulars
"a their 0UU statements as made
befeFs Fathers fossi and koburt bv TIE
enc party, and the statement Of the
ether a. made 10 she parties Who were
sent 70 fnvs tieafe the matter b. tbs
miners Of this place.
In the FIRST place. viii explain th
beginning Of this Leslie racket- Last
March Mr.. II. II. Leslie, Of Seattle,
vent 70 Captain @. d. BrownAeid All
told him thai be bad bad visit from a
cousin Of bis, named Rodolph Huzs,
Who badUith him 5000 iB gold das.
that be had brouzht from the Yukon
river; that be had seen the gold and it
was all N cosrae Nuggets, and that be
bad shipped the gold through Wells.
Fargo 4 Co. from Seattle TO the Mint ss
san Francisco. $500 to be sent to his
wife IN Iowa and the balance to be re-
turned to him; that his cousin vas TO
meet him In juneau, Alaska. and bad
told him TO bring two good EsR vi b
him. Mr.. Leslie had made arrange
ments With Mr.. w. HI. James, OF the
police force, 30 20 as one OF the party,
and be wanted she Captain 10 90 as the
other; bat the Captain, being = long
headed man, thought be would 20
little slow, 30 be told Mr.. Leslie to 90
up % Juneau and he would come up on
the June bast and overtaks him on she
lakes. He then went TO @ B. SperTy,
who vas going TO Junesu. aud asked
him TO investigate the story IN Janesu
and write 20 him. Mr.. speFry did 50.
snd Captain BroWudeld still holds the
wheel on Puget Soand. Leslie aud
J 1nss came to juneau on the steamer
Yuksn and stayed there until the 7th Of
JulY, when they started for the Yukrn
river in company With Mr. SperFy. All
vent we'll until il ooms 20 doing their
own packinR-that vas too much for
Leslie, aud at the foot Of the Summit
be turned back; bus before be left be
gave bis partners the exact location Of
the bonaBz, :, also q letter Of introduo-
tion to his cousin. Mr. Jones came a.
far as the cany0a and then turned back.
Mr.. Spsrry came to this place and BY
making few inquiries satisfied himself
shat there never was szch q man as Ru-
dolph Hszs, and let the matter drop
until October 9th, when MF. Patterson,
late Of the Black Diamond coal mines,
came to his cabin and inquired II this
Was SteWaEs River. % being informed
that IL was, he said be had left his
partners aboat half q mile up the river
and be would 60 and get them and
and came here aud camped and the next
thing We beard, they had gone Of up
Stewart River, and every one Won
deFed what they had gene up there for
at this season of the year. aud SperFy
said, "Gone TO hunt the Leslie pocket"
And then for the first tune be told the
story, and said that Leslie had located
bis bonanza on Stewart River. and that
It was she talk OF the camp for q day
or two. This Vas the last heard of
them until the p Of Ostober. when q
quiet game Of whist at Sperry's cabin
vas disturbed by loud knock at the
dsor, and upon opening 1t ia came John
Peterson, John Carrier, formerly OF the
Seattle police force, and I. Ma; kstrom.
The first thing they asked for vas sup
per, saying that they had had nothing
TO eat for two days, and after supper
they told the following story. The Ut 1t
morning they repeated IL 10 Fathers
Fossi and Robert, our resident priests :
STATEMENT OF Il. H. LEsLIE's CASE,
Related on oath by bis partners, j. Pet
teFsOn, ]. W. OurTier and T. MarksIEom.
Ave left Juneau. Alaska, September
7th, in company with II. H. Leslie, to
90 with him to q place en- the Yukon
River, where be had 9 cousin mining
Who vas picking up geld by the handful
All went we'll until the lakes were
reached, when Mr.. Peterson found eu
that Mr.. Leslie Was trying to split the
party. He also heard Leslie say that b.
had told Sperry and 9ones the wronI
place to 90 TO. All this made Peterson
tnink thai all was not right. SO he weni
to Markstrom aud asked him for The
box OF strycbnine, and be afterwards
kept IL in bis coat pocket for safe keep
ing. Everything went well until We
reached Sllmpn River, with the exoep
ton that Leslie would cook diffe. emily
FOE hi self than for hi partners. Al
Salmon Mr.. Peterson told Leslie thai
be would uuit him, as he did hot seeEu
TO know where be Was going to. Their
Leslie said the place he vas going Il
was 80 miles up Stewart River, and hG
gave them his word Of honoF that b.
would % deceive them, and as Il was
getting late ia the season they all agreed
To hurry through. Ga October 18th they
thought they we're high enouga up Stew
art River, and that they h ID better
build quarters 90 live in until they could
locate she bonanza on the 18Th OF Octo
Der. Leslie and Carrier started on foot
10 look up the dig2inRs, leaving PAttsr-
son and Markstfam TO build tue house.
Before leaving. Mr.. Leslie laid out
-four, yeast powder, salt and pepper for
Patterson and Markham TO use while
be vas gone. No hote vas made Of 1t
as LESLIE had been doing the cooking
aud had had full charge OF the supplies.
For supper that night they used some
of the sdnur for hot cakes. About t~o
hours after supper Mr.. Markstram was
taken with violent cramps followed
With Paintings and other symptoms Of
poison, Which lasted ab ut -four hours.
Towards morning Patterson vas taken
With Paintings aud had q sick spell Of
about two hoars. Markssram did not
eat anything that day, but Patterson
eat hearty supper and soon after Was
taken WITH cramps and commissions,
breathing hard, voice EoArs Z, speskinR
painful, osld ell over. eto. he was 50
bad that MarkstFam thought be was
dying. Though be recovered be vas
very weak for DAVIS after. They could
not account for their sickAess unless
they bad been poisoned. Leslie had
reported that when De lifted Mr.. Pat
tsrson's coat cot Of the boat ~ the
landing be ihougat something dropped
out of it into the water, and a. they
coald not nad the strychnine, they
thought ID vas it that had fallen iR,o
shs vater. Ga the night u the l6sh
L slie and Oarrier sos back, not hAv
log found ths b1aauzl aud we're tod
wh q hid hAppened 90 their
companions daring their absence
and another search vas made for
tue stryrhaiDe. l1t u could not Q
found. Two days after this Leslie told
Pa terson-who yss felt very weak and
not aule 30 gofk-that be 0igst Fiek
over ssm- beans aud oock them. he
dia - and thev all ! OF them gith no